There’s a high probability that you’ve used MongoDB, even if you don’t recognise the name. The database company was founded in New York in 2007 by a trio of veterans from the successful digital ads business DoubleClick. They realised the issues that existing databases posed to businesses that were scaling at pace as a result of their own experience with DoubleClick. Ultimately, they devised MongoDB, short for “humongous database”, which aimed to tackle some of those very problems. Now, nearly 20 years later, the company is listed on the Nasdaq, valued at around $21 billion and provides its services to…

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